11.08.2026
Release
ZL004 — Marble Sunbeam is out
Solenkar closes the first year of the catalog with an afrobeats record built from the drums outward, recorded across a summer with eleven players. Three hundred copies on vinyl, plus digital.
Dispatches
News
24.07.2026
Release
Clocktower Nectar, cut live over two nights
Bronzewick brought seventeen players into the studio with no isolation booths and recorded straight to tape. What you hear on ZL002 is the room, chairs included, with almost no editing after the fact.
20.07.2026
Label
Demo submissions are open year-round
We read submissions in the order they arrive and reply at the end of each month. Genre is not a filter — our four records are j-pop, big band, dubstep and afrobeats. Unfinished material is welcome.
08.07.2026
Label
Zelij Lab LLC is formed in New Mexico
Articles of Organization were filed with the New Mexico Secretary of State on 8 July 2026, with Mohammed Jardini as founding member. The label operates from Albuquerque and holds no rights beyond the individual records it releases.
02.07.2026
Studio
A shared instrument library, free to the roster
The studio now holds a rented grand, a brass cabinet, a modular rack and a wall of pedals. Any artist on the roster can book the room at no cost, and all four of them already have.